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Chairs : A History by Florence de Dampierre (2006, Hardcover)
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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9780810954847
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Abrams, Inc.
ISBN-10
0810954842
ISBN-13
9780810954847
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50569711
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chairs : a History
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Furniture
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Antiques & Collectibles
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
61.4 Oz
Item Length
10.9 in
Item Width
8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-033218
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
749/.3209
Synopsis
Chairs: A History, by furniture authority Florence de Dampierre, is a wonderfully readable, profusely illustrated history of seating from the ancient world to the present. The sparkling text is full of surprising and fascinating information on historical personalities, fashion, custom and social life. Starting with the emergence of chairs in Pre-dynastic Egypt and progressing through the social uses and meaning of various forms of seats in Classic Greece and the Roman Empire, de Dampierre leads her reader through the chair's historical development in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the modern world, with interesting detours to China and Africa., Henry David Thoreau wrote, "I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." In "Chairs: A History," furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a wonderfully readable and visually stunning exploration of chairs and their place in culture through the ages. Along with hundreds of gorgeous photographs -- many taken specifically for this book -- de Dampierre fills these pages with fascinating information and anecdotes, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient Egypt and examining various forms of seating from classical Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Renaissance era, to the classic designs of today. From thrones to divans, straightbacked to overstuffed, Baroque to Bauhaus, this beautiful volume will delight anyone who's ever taken a seat and wondered where it came from.
LC Classification Number
NK2715.D33 2006
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